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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson · Crown
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and The Devil in the White City delivers a startlingly fresh portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the BlitzOn Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia...
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Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote

Craig Fehrman · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of The Gatekeepers and The Presidents Club, historian Craig Fehrman offers a surprising new look into both the public and private lives of America's presidents. Most Americans are familiar with Lincoln's famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation...
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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

Alexis Coe · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Alexis Coe energetically dusts off an old-boys genre to present a life in full, without sentiment or whitewashing. It's a public service, and it's also a lot of fun." --Irin Carmon, New York Times bestselling co-author of Notorious RBGAlexis Coe takes a closer look at our first--and...
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What to Eat When: A Strategic Plan to Improve Your Health and Life Through Food

Michael Roizen · National Geographic
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

NY Times best-selling author Dr. Michael Roizen reveals how the food choices you make each day--and when you make them--can affect your health, your energy, your sex life, your waistline, your attitude, and the way you age.What if eating two cups of blueberries a day could prevent cancer?...
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I'll Show You

Derrick Rose · Triumph Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In 2012, Derrick Rose was on top of the world.After growing up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Rose achieved an improbable childhood dream: being selected first overall in the NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls. The point guard known to his family as "Pooh" was a phenom,...
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Start Your Own Business: The Only Startup Book You'll Ever Need

INC ENTREPRENEUR MEDIA · Entrepreneur Press
Pages: 674
Format: Paperback

Tapping into more than 35 years of small business expertise, the staff at Entrepreneur Media takes today's entrepreneurs beyond opening their doors and through the first three years of ownership. This revised edition features amended chapters on choosing a business, adding partners,...
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The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting

Joe Gillard · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history's best words. This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving that some things never change!...
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National Parks Explore America's 60 National Parks

Rand McNally · Rand McNally
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

A perfectly packaged, awe inspiring tour of America's 60 National Parks complete with Rand McNally maps, stunning photography, park highlights, lodging options, and tips for hitting the road. This gem of a book showcases America's adventurous spirit and its astonishing beauty, park...
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Hanger Management: Master Your Hunger and Improve Your Mood, Mind, and Relationships

Susan Albers PsyD · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The complete program for mastering your "hanger," from mindful-eating pioneer Dr. Susan Albers -- with 45 tips to turn hanger into happiness. It happens to all of us. One minute you're happily going about your day, and a few seconds later you're a snappy, illogical version...
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Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

Nicholas D. Kristof · Knopf
Format: Book

"A deft and uniquely credible exploration of rural America, and of other left-behind pockets of our country. One of the most important books I've read on the state of our disunion."—Tara Westover, author of Educated    

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The Toni Morrison Book Club

Juda Bennett · University of Wisconsin Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

In this startling group memoir, four friends - black and white, gay and straight, immigrant and American-born - use Toni Morrison's novels as a springboard for intimate and revealing conversations about the problems of everyday racism and living whole in times of uncertainty. Tackling...
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The Courage to Be Happy: Discover the Power of Positive Psychology and Choose Happiness Every Day

Ichiro Kishimi · Atria Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In this follow-up to the international phenomenon The Courage to Be Disliked, discover how to reconnect with your true self, experience true happiness, and live the life you want.

What if one simple choice could unlock your destiny?

Already a major Japanese...
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American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

Kate Winkler Dawson · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air ("Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale"--Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century.Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with...
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Ghost-Hunting For Dummies

Zak Bagans · For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Dive into the ghostly world of the supernatural with America’s leading paranormal investigator 

Inside, paranormal investigator, star, and executive producer of The Travel Channel's hit series, Ghost Adventures and...

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Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating

Christy Harrison · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

How to reclaim your time, money, health, and happiness in our toxic diet culture by a registered dietitian, journalist, and host of the "Food Psych" podcast

68 percent of Americans have dieted at some point in their lives. But upwards of 90% of people who intentionally...
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Sugar Brain Fix: The 28-Day Plan to Quit Craving the Foods That Are Shrinking Your Brain and Expanding Your Waistline

Mike Dow · Hay House Inc.
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

In this new edition of Diet Rehab, best-selling author and brain-health expert, Dr. Mike Dow, shows how sugar effects brain chemistry, and provides new research on dieting and hypnosis.What makes a healthy brain? The answer is simpler than you think.In Diet Rehab, Dr. Mike Dow shared a simple,...
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Once More To The Rodeo: A Memoir

Calvin Hennick · Pushcart Press
Format: Paperback

A memoir about fatherhood, family, and what it means to be a man in America.Winner of Pushcart's 2019 Editor's Book AwardFive years into fatherhood, Calvin Hennick is plagued by self-doubt and full of questions. How can he teach his son to be a man, when his own father figures abandoned...
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Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era

Jerry Mitchell · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning investigative reporter shares the real-life detective story of how Klansmen came to justice in notorious unsolved civil rights cold cases - decades after they had gotten away with murder.On June 21, 1964, more than twenty Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers. The killings,...
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Brother & Sister: A Memoir

Diane Keaton · Knopf
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the beloved film star and best-selling author of Then Again: a heartfelt memoir about her relationship with her younger brother, and a poignant exploration of the divergent paths siblings' lives can take.When they were children in the suburbs of Los Angeles in the 1950s, Diane...
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Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds

Linda Geddes · Pegasus Books
Format: Book

A fascinating look at how humans' relationship with the sun continues to shape our bodies, attitudes, and societies.

Our biology is set up to work in partnership with the sun. Little wonder then that humans have long worshipped and revered our nearest star: life itself arose...

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Total Gut Balance: Fix Your Mycobiome Fast for Complete Digestive Wellness

Mahmoud Ghannoum · Countryman Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking guide to your gut Most people understand the importance of a healthy gut microbiome for digestive health and overall wellbeing. But what about the mycobiome -- the fungi that live inside our bodies? Here, Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum introduces this important component of the microbiome...
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